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Lakers' LeBron James, Drake Among Celebs to Become 'Strategic' PGA Tour Investors

Five weeks after it was first reported a group of investors were putting up $3 billion for the PGA Tour, additional details about the people who offered their money have been made available.

Per the New York Times, LeBron James and Drake are among the athletes and celebrities who put up a stake in the PGA Tour as "strategic investors" who "are expected to use their marketing power to help the tour broaden its audience."

Drake issued a statement included in the report: "Golf can be so much more than a sport. I remember some of my best childhood memories was being on the golf course with my uncle.